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. celebration in the streets of boston as news of the arrest of the second bombing suspect quickly spreads. >> and new information about the suspect, including the family the older brother left behind and what the younger suspect was reportedly doing just after the bombs went off. >> and changes keep coming to the city of oakland. why there will now be fewer deputies out there on the streets. >> complete, bay area news
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coverage starts right now. this is ktvu mornings on 2. >> good morning. welcome to mornings on two. it's saturday april 20th. >> there is relief in boston this morning. the city's week long nightmare is now over. the second bombing suspect, dzhokhar tsarnaev is in the hospital. he was captured after a two hour standoff. he was found hiding in a boat in a backyard. a few minutes we will go live to the hospital where the 19- year-old is being treated under heavy police security. there is also new information about his where abouts right after the bombing. also a live report on how the bay area will show support to the bombing victims. first let's go to claudine with a run down of the events. >> reporter: we want to take you through the event that led to the capture of the 19-year- old dzhokhar tsarnaev. we got a first look at the teen
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who had been called suspect two at first. these are the areas that we are talking about. these are the first two pictures we got about 5:20 on thursday night. fbi released the images and video. suspect one was in the black hat, that was the older brother tamerlan tsarnaev. about five hours later we got reports of shots in cambridge. now let's talk about that. university police officer sean collier was shot at cambridge. this is the area. he later died. not long afterra that and still in cambridge we got the reports of a carjacking, police say the suspects car jacked a car, later released the owner. police were soon looking then for the suv and followed it west to water town. about 1:00 a.m. eastern time people reports shots of gun fire and explosions. then in a shoot out suspect number one, 26-year-old tamerlan tsarnaev was killed.
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a transit officer richard donahue was also injured but dzhokhar tsarnaev escaped, that's the brother known as the man in the white hat. he got away and that's when this manhunt started and the area from water town to boston, that shelter in place was put in and for hours authorities went door to door with no luck. it seemed that the day would end without finding him and certainly that was frustrating for authorities. 6:00 p.m. eastern time the shelter in place was lifted in boston and the surrounding areas but then a short time later the reports of shots fired in water town and that's when that standoff started. then finally police confirmed they had their man saying the terror is over and justice was won. ? we are learning more about the suspect in police custody and his older brother killed thursday. alex savage is live with reaction and details about the suspects. >> reporter: good morning. the two suspected bombers are
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chechens. their parents can't believe they could have done this and many friends say it doesn't make sense. especially those close to the younger brother. he was a wrestler in high school called popular. he went onto attend the university of massachusetts dartmouth and classmates saw him on campus this week after the bombings. friends don't understand why he would have turned on his adopted home but there are some people who believe that his brother, his older brother is to blame. >> from what i remember from what i know about him he was very sweet, kind, funny, smart, very smart, all round really good person. >> some believe the older brother, 26-year-old tamerlan tsarnaev forced his younger brother. he was killed during the manhunt. he was an amateur boxer,
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married and he had a 3-year-old daughter. his wife identified by several news agencies as cathryn russell issued this statement saying we cannot begin to understand how how this horrible tragedy happened. our daughter has lot of the father of her child. in the aftermath of the horror we know that we never knew tamerlan tsarnaev. one of his aunts said that he had become a more devout muslim but none of his relatives believe he held extremist views. the father of the two suspected bombers said this was all a set up. >> someone framed them. i don't know who exactly did it but someone did. being cowards they shot the boy dead. >> and this morning we are learning more about how the younger bombing suspect spent those days after the marathon attack on monday. according to one report he worked out at the gym, then
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went to an an on campus party. he even sent out several tweets, one of them seemed to reference the bombings and it read stay safe people. now coming up for you at 7:30 we will have more on this manhunt and will tell you yacht surviving suspect is not being read his rights just yet. >> as we said this week's events ended in the backyard of a home. the 19-year-old found injured and hiding in a boat. this morning we are live at the hospital in boston where the suspect is now being treated. >> reporter: the suspect is still here at the hospital and the latest information we have from police is that sort of the same on the condition that we have heard so far and one thing we are waiting to hear from, hospital officials say that they will send out a news release, first they had plans
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for a news conference but that's not going to happen. it's important to note that people are out and about here in boston so it's a very different scene from just 24 hours ago. from quite tributes to the lives lost, to pure joy. people around boston found ways to mark the news that the reign of terror that gripped their city for a week was over. >> i just -- i feel like i can go back to school now and know i'm safe. >> reporter: that feeling comes from knowing the two suspects, wanted in connection to monday's attack on the boston marathon are no longer a threat. 26-year-old tamerlan tsarnaev died after gun fight with police early friday morning. his younger brother, 19-year- old dzhokhar tsarnaev was captured last night after a dramatic day long manhunt that shut down the area. friday night someone spotted the injured teen hiding out
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inside a boat. after a shoot out with police he was loaded into this ambulance and taken to the same hospital where his brother died earlier in the day. the hunt was over. >> this was an absolutely intense investigation. i do say intense. as a result of that justice is being served for the victims of these terrible crimes. >> reporter: while these images of the attacks will continue to haunt the community, boston is waking up breathing a little easier. for law enforcement the work isn't done. >> the families of those killed so senselessly deserve answers. the wounded, some of whom now have to learn how to stand and walk and li again deserve answers. >> reporter: and speaking of that there is new information right now from a department of justice official saying that federal prosecutors are at the hospital right now. they are working on charges and apparently they have been here since last night.
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also want to point out that many people still remembering of course the victims today. there are more than 50 of them from the boston marathon bombings that remain in the hospital right now. three of them are in critical condition. >> live for us in boston. thank you for that. a bay area law man may have played a role in the capture of the suspect. some of the swat tactics came from a training program developed by the sheriff of alameda. coming up how law enforcement may have indirectly helped police track down the accused killer. runners showing their support for boston this morning. we are live at ocean beach to tell you how victims are being honored by some who took part in the marathon. >> reporter: that's right. those runner who ran the marathon monday are both physically exhausted, mentally exhausted. they aren't expected to run today but show up in support of
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other runners. i'm joined by donnie who organized the event. tell me what it means to get out and show your support and how strong is the running community? >> thank you for coming out and showing your support for the running community. it was a rough week for everybody. it really gets down to the heart of the -- the cruelty of this. you know attacking an event that is supposed to be just a joyous celebration of life and accomplishment and the running community is about that. we dedicate hours and our friends and family support us doing that to be able to run these types of events and the boston marathon is the height of american road racing. really throughout the world and all of our runner who were there were safe, their friends and family were safe and we felt that we needed to get together earlier this week to show support. we had a run to do that and we are pleased to be able to be here today to help that.
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>> thank you so much. you are looking at video from a similar event yesterday. today the road runners say from 50 to 150 people will run together on this organized saturday morning run. they expect potentially more people than that since police arrested the second suspect last night. one runner i spoke to said it was the best conclusion to a horrible week of events that started with monday's attack. earlier this week as donnie said the club did another organized run in honor of the victims. they picked a route through san francisco's sunset district that spelled out the words boston. also a boy from martinez, a local boy was hurt in monday's explosion. he is still recovering in a boston hospital today following surgery. we are told he had his first meal yesterday. now i have a call into his family to find out the latest on his condition. runners expected to show up here at ocean beach around 7:45 so as they show up we will bring you more interviews and
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hopefully speaking so some of those people who ran the marathon and having their perspective. coming up in the next half hour we will have more runners here at ocean beach. >> we have new information this morning about a homicide investigation in oakland. according to the paper a body found in a trash can in east oakland thursday may be a missing parolee his tattoos suggest he could be the missing parolee. today is the last day alameda county sheriff deputies will be on patrol in oakland after failing to come to terms with a new deal with the police department. officials say the two sides are at odds over who will pay worker's compensation costs. alameda is paying costs connected to the shooting of a deputy in oakland last month and asked the city to cover it in the case of any future incidents but that request was denied. >> absolutely a beautiful saturday sunrise and if you
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like warm weather, i think you have the right forecast for us. temperatures on the rise. >> that is where we are headed. temperatures will be warmer today than yesterday. sunday looks to be the warmer day and then it'll be hot in some areas as we get into next week. it's the weekend. let's talk about what's happening here and now. a live look at that beautiful sunrise. just a few patches of fog along the coastline just inside the bay. you can see it's not going to cause you any trouble if you do have an early morning drive just checked in with half moon bay and we have partly cloudy skies, 45 degrees and perhaps just a few patches of fog. a little thickener to monterey. santa cruz looking good as well. 46 right now in napa. one of the cooler suppose, 47 walnut creek. widespread 50s around the bay area. most of us a few degrees warmer area like fairfield from ten to 12 degrees warmer at this time than we were 24 hours ago. temperatures, on the cool side
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in some spots but going to warm up rapidly. 48 palo alto. upper 40s castro valley and 50s near lafayette. the pacific satellite view, ridge of high pressure will build in and strengthen offer the weekend. that's going to lead to the warm up. maybe a little bit of patchy fog just this morning but as we get in to the second half of the afternoon, temperatures will be a few degrees warmer than yesterday. sunday a tad warmer than that. monday temperatures reaching near 90 degrees for some of the hotter spots. 82 expected this afternoon today in santa rosa. widespread 70s along the east bayshore line. get in to the peninsula, widespread 70's for you, upper 60s to low 70's for the san francisco area, 78 redwood area, near 80 in santa cruz, extended forecast there again the warming trend continuing through the second half of the weekend. take a look at that. we have 90 degrees on the screen for monday as well as
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tuesday that. will be the hotter inland areas and then we cool back on wednesday. i will have a look at the  lunchtime numbers coming up. >> a devastating quake in china. the latest on the search for survivors and the relief effort. >> and the help for a town recovering from a deadly plant explosion. time now 7:14. you kids should count yourselves lucky. we didn't have u-verse back in my day. you couldn't just... guys... there you are. you know you couldn't just pause a show in one room, then... where was i... you couldn't pause a show in one room then start playing it in another. and...i'm talking to myself... [ male announcer ] call to get u-verse tv for just $19 a month for 2 years with qualifying bundles.
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rethink possible.
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. thank you for joining us. giving you a live look there over the east bay hills, the winds are actually pushing pretty good over the hills but where we are, slight winds, no problems. a powerful quake has killed more than 150 people in china and authorities expect the death toll to rise. this is video showing just how much force the quake brought to
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the area. according to the usgf it was a 6.6. authorities in china are now saying it was a 7. the quake's depth of eight miles likely made the impact worse. it triggered landslides and thousands were injured when buildings fell down. a pregnant woman had to be rescued after her building collapsed. a soldier and a firefighter climbed through the small spaces to help bring her to safety. two hours lataer a 7-year-old was also rescued. >> new, in his weekly address the president praised the city of boston for standing up to terrorism. >> if anyone wants to know who we are, what america is, how we respond to evil and terror, that's it. >> the president said boston's spirit remained undaunted in the face of terror and the first lady returned to
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washington after attending thursday's service in boston. this morning the president also singled out the actions of emergency responders running toward danger to help the bombing victims. officers stood and saluted the procession of fallen mit officer sean collier. property session passed by the mit station yesterday. officers were shaken and described him as the first person to step up and help someone. he was shot and killed thursday night following a run in with the alleged bombing suspects. >> the president has signed an emergency declaration for the texas town devastated by a fertilizer plant station. it caught fire and exploded late wednesday night. home and business owners have already filed more than 100 insurance claims. >> i was watching tv. then i heard a big, loud
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explosion. then -- the ceiling collapsed. >> search crews have so far recovered 14 bodies. it's believed there may be more victims buried in the rubble. five volunteer firefighters and four emergency service workers among the dead and the cause the blast is still unknown. >> a camp ranger who was car jacked by christopher dorner said he plans to sue the city for the one million dollar reward for information leading to his capture. the man's attorney said his client's 911 call lead to where dornew was hiding. earlier, lapd said three former judges will decide if anyone can claim the award. they will also determine how it should be given out if at all. >> the richmond police department said they need help to find who shot and killed two teens in front of their home. the 16-year-old and 19-year-old were standing with a group of
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people thursday night when someone opened fire. investigators say that two people walked up and fired more than a dozen shots, then jumped into a get away car. the brother and sister were not involved in any criminal activities. the san francisco giants are remembering a loved member of their family today. the wife of hall of famer willie mays died yesterday. she was 74. they had been married for 41 years. she had alzheimer's. >> the giants took time out of last night's game to honor the bombing victims. a symbol of sf and boston played on the big hd scoreboard along with the words together we are boston. a moment of silence was also observed for the victims. not everybody was happy at the park. because of increased security thousands of fans waited in long lines for more than an hour. every bag was checked and everybody coming in was searched. some said they were frustrated because they said it meant the bombers were successful.
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>> what they wanted to do was they wanted to get in a situation where they would slow everything down for everybody. they have been successful in that. >> the public gets it. >> the police chief said it was a necessary precaution to keep people safe. extra police and dog units were also brought in for last night's game. >> a surprise delivery at a southern california zoom zoom zoo. >> and afternoon highs expected to soar above average. what you can expect coming up.
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. the man working to shut down swatting is the latest victim. it's when police are called out about a crime at a home and when they arrive they find the call was a fake. yesterday police responded to senator ted lou's home. they had got what turned out to
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be a fake call that the senator had shot his wife. the senator is pushing legislation that would punish swatters by making them cover the cost of the police response, it's about $10,000. it's the biggest day of the year for music fors. today is national record store day. customers will line up outside record stores this morning in hopes of buying new and reissued songs on good old vinyl. 700 stores will participate in the event including dozens right here in the bay area. >> the santa basha zoo is well coming a new addition. one of the giraffe's and visitors were the first to notice something was wrong and they alerted officials and she was taken to a pen where she gave birth. the baby is a boy and was named dane. get up on those little legs. the time of birth he weighed 156 pounds and was 6 feet 3- inches tall. spring does mean a lot of
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new little ones but the animal rescue foundation said a lot don't have homes. this is one of the animals looking for one. he is a mix and the folks at the foundation said he is a year old and is up to date on his shots. he would be good with kids and make a good jogging partner for someone. his adoption fee has been prepaid. >> he looks great like he is ready to have fun. ball in mouth. >> take him home. >> i do have a dog. you know that. if you want to get your pets out get them out early because we are getting a warm up as we get past the noon hour. >> right now may be a great time to get outside, run with the dog, maybe have an early morning soccer game. it's a mild start. relatively speaking. we are talking 50sa. a few of us in the mid to upper 40s. areas like napa, walnut creek. the peninsula, we are going to warm up quickly. think i in the next hour, hour and a half we will feel getter. in to the noon hour mostly
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sunny skies, 60 degrees or so along the coastline but the warm erin land areas in the low 70s by lunchtime. for the afternoon, winds north and west coming in right from five to 15. a light breeze, perhaps a little breezyer at the coastline and temperatures look like this. 69 for san francisco, 78 redwood city. upper 70's fremont, low 80s concord and into the north bay. 82 for santa rosa as well as napa. the warming trend will continue. tomorrow will be the warmer day. today a few degrees warmer than yesterday and tomorrow will follow suit. into monday and tuesday look to be the hottest day with a ridge of high pressure continuing to build over our area. it starts to break down on wednesday, temperatures do start to cool just a bit. monday, tuesday look to be the hottest days, if you are getting outside i will have a current temperature look coming up just a few moments. >> boston breathed a sigh of relief. how they are responding to news of arrest.
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. in the forward portion. at that point he became a hero. >> it was the final tip called into police and it's the one that ended a massive manhunt. welcome back .
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>> for the first time in a week people are waking up without the fear of suspected terrorists on the loose. police captured 19-year-old dzhokhar tsarnaev. >> we are live with the latest developments. >> reporter: this dangerous manhunt paralyzed the boston area but this morning people there breathing easier. many also celebrating the capture of the second suspect from this week's marathon bombings. this was the scene in and around boston last night as people took to the streets, many cheering on the 9,000 plus law enforcement officers involved in the search for 19- year-old dzhokhar tsarnaev. he was found hiding out in a boat that was parked in someone's backyard in water town massachusetts. teams took him into custody and he was eventually rushed to the hospital. authorities say that this second bombing suspect was
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suffering a gun shot wound. he had been hit during a shoot out early friday morning that left his older brother tamerlan tsarnaev dead. he managed to escape during that gun battle and was on the run since then until an aalert neighbor noticed blood on his backyard boat and called police. >> he saw blood on a boat in the backyard. he then opened the tarp on the top of the boat and he looked in and saw a man covered with blood. he retreated and called us. . >> reporter: he remains in the hospital. we are learning investigators will soon try to question him without reading him his rights. they will invoke a rare exception to ask him about other potential explosives or possibly other suspects. we are learning how the bay area may have indirectly helped
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them catch the suspect. boston area swat teams search for the suspect with tack i cans developed by the alameda county sheriff. he came up with the urban shield training program. every year 30 swat teams from around the world come here for 48 hours of intense training to deal with terrorist bombings and natural disasters. >> very nice to know that as they are going through this they were reflecting back on some of the training that they received here in the area. >> reporter: he was in communication with boston authorities. he said this week. some of the training situations played out during the manhunt. we will send it back over. >> happening now san francisco runners showing support for boston. we are live now at ocean beach to tell you how runner who took part in the marathon are honoring the victims. >> reporter: there are a lot of runners gathering here today. it's a beautiful day for a one. they are going to run in honor
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of those victims and i'm here with someone who completed the race. he was done by two hours when he reached -- when the explosions happened. >> reporter: i had grabbed my bag by that point and i was going to attempt to change clothes out of my raining clothes. i was halfway done changing and i heard this big boom. i was like what was that? i thought okay -- i will keep changing. then suddenly you hear another boom not so loud. then at that point i got out of the tent and went toward the street where the finish line was where all the runners were coming through and i could see down the smoke and all. i didn't see any rubble, i didn't see debris so i didn't think it was a search and rescue kind of thing. i decided at that point to leave. all of the sudden this group of runners started running toward me. i started -- not panicking so i
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ran away too. at that point the panic subsided so it wasn't such a -- it was -- at that point i just decided to leave. i wasn't going to ride the metro. i didn't think it was safe. i just walked the one hour back to my friend's house. >> reporter: what is the sense of relief now that they have caught the second suspect? >> it's a great sense of relief for the people who ran the marathon and for the city of boston and the state of massachusetts. we are glad that it ended as soon as it did. we owe a debt of gratitude to the law and not only that but also the first responders and my heart goes out to the victims of the tragic mess. >> reporter: what does it mean to get out here and run? >> the running community is a very tight community. we were the first victims of the -- of the bombs and to see
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that there were some that ran from the finish line to the hospital to give blood and to see my friends reaching out to me and saying are you okay? and to have that friendship means a lot to us. it's a really special community, boston marathon is like no other marathon in the world. it's amazing to have that. >> reporter: thank you so much for talking to us. we will have more from him and other runner who are showing up today to run in support. that friendship we are speaking about here live. ktvu. >> a memorial is now in place at the finish line of the marathon. three crosses stand between the metal barriers to represent the three lives lost in the attack. flowers, cards and messages of hope have also been left behind. the bombing injured at least a hundred people with some of them requiring their legs to be removed. a bail hearing will be held for a man accused of sending
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letter was a toxic letters to the president, a senator and a judge. paul kevin curtis is mentally ill his lawyers say and should be denied bail. his family said there is no evidence. they say he was wrongly identified. >> very told him quit getting on the e-mail and quit e- mailing all this stuff. just -- i have told him that. he believes so strongly that he has the right. >> prosecutors wanted to delay the hearing until they got results of a search of the home but that request was denied. they do think they found a package of interest in his home. family and friends remember a high school student with a vigil. they say they should be alive if she wasn't bullied and assaulted. she was assaulted at a party and a photograph started
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circulating. survivors spoke out and urged victims to come forward and seek help. >> i was raped in my own home because my parents were out of town and i didn't tell anybody because i thought it was my fault. >> our heart, audrey. >> friends and family created bracelets in her favorite colors. they also started a foundation that will offer student scholarships and counsels. >> we are learning more about an accident involving a sheriff's deputy in haywood. it's a story we first brought you as breaking news yesterday morning. authorities say the deputy was not on the way to a call when he hit two people crossing the roadway on mission boulevard. a spokesman said that the deputy tried to revive one of the victims but he later died. the suspect pedestrian is being treated for serious injuries and is facing possible charges. >> the female is drunk and she was found under the influence of alcohol. we were able to get a statement
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from her and also amount of narcotics was found on her person. >> authorities are looking into if the victims were in a crosswalk, investigators say they will look at video captured by surveillance cameras. small knives will be allowed on planes in five-days and in an effort to stop that some joined airport people to voice their opinions on capitol hill. >> it's horrible. it's a slap in the face to the families of september 11th to the traveling public as well. >> yesterday's movement urged congress to block the policy that lets small knives, two golf clubs and other items on a flight. the tsa said it's now nearly impossible to take down a jet liner with a knife and with the new rule it'll be able to focus on more serious state safety threats. if you have a flight scheduled out this weekend be prepared for delays. one of the runways closed at
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ten for continuing runway work -- slowing arrivals. >> your time is 7:39, had to -- open my windows because it was hot. >> it got hot upstairs. >> i like it. if you like it hot it's about to get hotter. rosemary watch be ing the rising temperatures. >> a beautiful weekend if you like it warm and sunny. pollen count will be high with the weather increasing and heat and we will actually be pretty toasty. let's talk about right now. outside the doors, live look. most of us enjoying mostly sunny skies, coming in to the window. the winds are generally light. gusty conditions over the hills and along the coastline. we have an advisory outside bay for the mariners. it's the system here, let me pull back just a bit. it's this system that moved
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through yesterday. now continuing to the east and behind it we have that northwesterly flow and the ridge beginning to rebuild. for the weekend a warming trend will be underway, eventually that ridge will bring us hot weather. watching as well. this is well off the coast of southern california. this eventually could actually bring us the cooldown. it'll take several days. for today mostly sunny. good air quality. afternoon breeze, from five to 15 miles an hour for most of us. especially in the inland areas where it'll get nice and warm. that afternoon breeze should feel good. along the coastline ten to 15 westerly breeze for the second half of the day. numbers, 46 right now napa, that is one of the cooler spots, 49 for san rafael. oakland, haywood, checking in about 51, 53 mountain view. for most of us a tad bit warmer than yesterday. a few of us anywhere from ten to 13 degrees warmer, areas
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like fairfield, santa rosa you are warmer. getting outside for the afternoon, 82 in santa rosa, 78nevado, 82napa. nice, mild to warm weather expected for the afternoon. off to the east bay. mid-70s oakland. low 80's wall nut creek if you are going to do some shopping. 83 pleasanton. 83 antioch. 82 san jose. 84saratoga. 79 expected this afternoon. 70o degrees san bruno. 69 san francisco, 60s for the coast. mostly sunny skies, dealing partly cloudy to mostly sunny skies. there is your extended forecast and there is the heat up. monday, tuesday, look to be the warmest days, hottest spots will touch 90 degrees in the afternoon and we will again begin to see that cooldown by wednesday and it's because of that system i showed you off the southern california coastline that will bring us perhaps a cooldown and clouds
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back to the coast. before today mostly sunny and a minor warm up. >> looks great. thank you. san francisco will be cleaning and greening weekend in preparation for monday's earth day. city officials will join a community clean up team starting at nine this morning at the east end of golden gate park's panhandle. volunteers are invited to meet at the mckinley monument to plant trees, work on landscaping and paint over grafitti. starting at ten this morning, and the city's civic center plaza people will gather for a festival. if the south bay earth day celebrations will be underway this morning. volunteers will gather to clean up litter in kelley park starting at nine. registration will be at the entrance to history park and everybody is invited to come. >> another controversy for 49ers cornerback. why a conversation he had is causing concern. the only thing we'd ever grown together
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. rejoining you with a live look over oakland. sunshine reflecting off the buildings, oakland light winds, 53 trees. >> cities bracing for major flooding along the mississippi river after days of heavy rain. the national weather service said the river rose nearly ten feet in 36 hours in quincy illinois where several neighborhoods are under water. months ago the mississippi was so low that barge traffic was threatened. now the traffic was been stopped. >> a proposal to lift the ban on young gays joining the boy scouts is being criticized by both sides. a national council of the boy
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scouts will vote on the proposal next month however gay adults would still be prevented from becoming group leaders. last year a boy scout had his eagle scout application rejected because he is openly gay. his father said the new proposal still discriminates. >> they aren't really facing the real issue here which is that discrimination isn't acceptable. i think they are just trying to find an easy way out. >> a conversative christian group condemned the changes saying they are caving to outside pressure. there is a new controversy involving chris culver. he told a radio shock jock that gays weren't welcome in the niner locker room. he apologized and is now working with a gay rights group. however, according to tmz he posted some comments against women during an instagram conversation. the niners said they are handling it. >> this afternoon the warriors
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in their first playoff game in six years and the warriors are going to face their former coach and his current team the nuggets. the warriors are the under dogs against the nuggets. denver is an amazing 38-3 but its been battling injuries, one of their star blay player player s is questionable. >> still five on five and it's still, round basketball. at the end of the day what has brought us to this point is going to be the same thing that lets us continue to play. >> game one is at 2:30. tickets for game three and four will go on sale at ten this morning online. the a's road winning streak ended last night despite getting 11 hits, lowrie had four hits, matching his career high and crisp got his hitting
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streak to 12 games which is the longest current streak in the majors. it was the a's pitch that took a hit. anderson giving up four runs before coming out with a sprained ankle. tampa wins. >> the new jersey governor said he has a plan to reduce gun violence. the republican who has been mentioned as a potential 2016 presidential candidate proposes expanding government funded mental health treatment and requiring parental permission before minors can buy or rent violent games. his plan doesn't address school security or limits on ammunition clips. state representatives will hold the gun violence legislation meeting in palo alto. the representatives will hold the community meeting at city hall at one. it's open it is public. gun legislation and the senate's failure to pass legislation expanding background checks on firearm
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sales will be the topics of discussion. >> today the public is going to get another chance to see a solar powered plane scheduled to fly across the country. the plane made a successful test flight yesterday in the bay area. it is scheduled to leave mountain view may first and arrive in new york five-days later. its going to be on display at an open house starting at nine. >> california's unemployment rate is at its lowest level in five-years. according to new numbers the rate was 9.4% last month. that's down from 9.6% in february. it's also well below march of last year when the state's rate was 10.7%. even so the state's rate is still higher than the national rate which was 7.6% last month. this is what the numbers look like right here in the bay area. solano has the highest rate at 8.9%, marin has the lowest rate in the bay area at 5.2%. berkeley has a new police chief and she is a familiar
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face on campus. the 59-year-old margo benefit has been with the department for a decade and has 35 years of experience. she has been serving as interim chief since december when the former chief retired. >> a landmark east bay movie theater is set to close for good tomorrow. they opened in pleasant hill in 1967 and developers plan to tear down the theater and replace it with a sporting good store. a hearing is set for may 6th to appeal the demolition. one of the last films scheduled to show is 2001 a space adyssey which played there in 1968. if you have wondered if the restaurant you are eating at has passioned a health inspection look no further than the palm of your hand. a new ap lets you see health inspection results for more than four thousand food facilities. the free app was developed by the county health department and results are also posted
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online. >> a search for a suspects in boston turns to social media. the huge role some sites played in the investigation and why even the suspected bombers may have been tweeting. >> warmer air spilling in for the weekend. ly have a look at what you can expect coming up. ♪ [ male announcer ] a car that can actually see like a human, using stereoscopic cameras. ♪ and even stop itself if it has to. ♪ the technology may be hard to imagine.
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. a police dog is recovering from surgery after being injured in training. police say the dog suffer aid spinal injury and internal damage when he fell off a ledge monday night. officers say the surgery went well and he seems alert and able to move. while on duty he has helped police capture several wanted suspects and find thousands of pounds of drugs. >> social media helped citizens and authorities work together in boston to bring an end to the high terror this week. facebook and twitter helped spread the word of the bombings and just a few days later people turned again to it to
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make public the pictures of both suspects. further videos and tweets from the suspects own social media accounts painted a picture of who they were and where they might be. >> boston, social media becomes a record of their activity. it's really a tracking record of the way you think, the way you act and a lot of times the things you do. >> residents said people were up loading videos of the events as they happened. boston police for a while stopped tweeting because they didn't want to give away denails but now they have more than 330,000 followers. cal state schools were on high alert after the bombings, campus police said they feared a copy cat. they patrolled the campus in cars, on foot, schools
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considered soft targets. a bomb threat forced the evacuation of cal state la on saturday. they have 400,000 students. >> today 420 marijuana party will come with high cost. thousands of people are expected to gather and smoke marijuana at hippie hill this afternoon. april 20th normally known as the day celebrated by people around the country and the world as the day to get high. since the event has no organizer officials say city taxpayers have to pay for it. the park department estimates it'll spent $10,000 to clean up and repair damage. the big party there but probably the bingest today has to be downtown denver. they expect 100,000 people. >> wow. >> all right. time now 7:56. let's go back to rosemary for a check of how nice it is out there. >> little to complain about.
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sun shining, temperatures already beginning to climb just a bit. we are waking up in the 40sa and a few isolated areas we are talking parts of the north bay, valley location, along the peninsula. few upper 40s. and the inland east bay areas, wall net creek about 47 degrees. in the next half hour to hour or so temperatures will rebound. widespread 50s right now as well around the bay area. your noontime number 60 at the coast. 60s around the bay. low 70s for some of the warmer spots and then for the afternoon a few degrees warmer than what we felt yesterday afternoon. just to sum it up. if you have allergies the pollen index is climbing. we remain high with a count for oak, pine and alder, the bay area trees pollen will be high for saturday as well as sunday. the forecast showing you a warming trend that starts today. it'll last into tomorrow and really climbing monday, tuesday a notable warm up especially
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for the inland areas, going to be a bit hot. 90 degrees what we are looking at perhaps the first 90 degrees weather we have seen so far this year. into wednesday, 86 degrees. we are start a bit of a cooling trend. a nice warm up as we head through your weekend. ly have a more advanced broader look at your afternoon highs coming up. >> we continue to follow the latest in the boston marathon bombing case. the new information about the suspect in custody and how some bay area runners honoring the victims. >> and a message of peace. what some say they are concerned about in the wake of the bombings.
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♪ the one and only, cheerios . cheers and applause as the manhunt for suspect number two ends. the update on the teen's condition and what happens now. >> and what we are learning this morning about those two bombing suspects as friends and family members speak out. >> world was witness, americans refuse to be terrorized. >> and the president's message this morning. who he singles out for their action in boston. >> complete bay area news coverage continues. this is ktvu mornings on two.
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>> good morning. it's saturday april 20th. >> we have been talking about this warm up this morning. i like it warm but rosemary say itself may get hot very soon. >> yeah. with in a few days i think it'll be fairly toasty and some of the inland areas. we have a warming trend that begins today. this morning we are waking up with mostly clear skies, think it's a little bit of patchy fog just inside the bay. it shouldn't last to long. we have the sun. it'll burn off fairly quickly. widespread 50s. a few isolated areas still behind in the 40s but you will catch up fairly quickly and areas reporting low 60s. widespread at this time. if you are getting outside for an afternoon game perhaps of baseball, maybe little league, it's going to be sunny and warm. lue need the sun block. ly show you the detailed look. i will break down the warming trend. show you the warmest days coming up.
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>> there is relief in boston this morning. the city's week long nightmare is over. the second bombing suspect dzhokhar tsarnaev is in the hospital in serious condition. he was captured last night after a two hour standoff and police shoot out. he was hiding in a boat stored in a backyard. he is currently being treated under heavy police security. we also have new information regarding the suspect and reaction from his relatives, also this morning a live report on how the bay area will show support to the bombing victims. in boston victims are being honored with a growing memorial. it's located near the finish line of the marathon where the two bombs went off on monday morning. three crosses now stand between the metal barriers to represent the three lives lost in the attack. flowers, cards and messages of hope have also been left behind. the bombing injured at least 100 people, some of the victims losing limbs. >> after last night's arrest
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of dzhokhar tsarnaev the president held a press conference apt the white house. he added to his message in this weekly address in which he praised the city for standing up to terrorism. >> if anyone wants to know who we are, what america is, how we respond to evil and terror, that is it. >> the president said boston's spirit remained undaunted in the face of terror. he and the first lady returned after attending thursday's service in boston. in this morning's address he also sing manied out the actions of emergency responders who ran toward the danger to help bombing victims. and as the city of boston heals the question for many is what happens next. we start our team coverage in water town massachusetts outside the hospital where the suspect is now being treated.
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>> reporter: we are learning that the fbi is still searching the area where the suspect was taken in to custody. here at the hospital the latest from police is that the suspect is still in serious condition. >> people lined streets friday night cheering for the thousands of officers who ended the reibn of terror that gripped their city for nearly a week. >> i feel like we can go back to school now and know i'm safe. >> reporter: that renewed feeling of safety that comes knowing the two suspects wanted in connection to the attacks on the boston marathon are no longer a threat. tamerlan tsarnaev died after a gun fight with police. his younger brother dzhokhar tsarnaev was captured after a day long manhunt. someone saw him hiding inside a
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boat. >> he saw blood on a boat in the backyard. he opened the tarp and he looked in and saw a man covered with blood. he retreated called us. >> reporter: after a shoot out with police he was loaded in to this ambulance and taken to the same hospital where his brother died earlier in the day. the same hospital where so many of the victims were rushed in the moments following monday's blast. while these images of the attacks will continue to haunt the community, boston is waking up breathing easier. for law enforcement the work isn't over. him will continue to be an ongoing and active investigation as we look for all the details, continue to look at a lot of evidence and file our formal charges. >> reporter: and according to a department of justice official federal prosecutors have been here at the hospital since last night working on charges and apparently those charges could
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becoming soon. back to you. >> thank you. officers stood in support and saluted the procession of fallen mit officer sean collier. the procession passed by the mit police station. other officer were visiblely shaken. collier was shot and killed thursday night following a run in with the bombing suspects. and this morning we are learning more about the two suspects from friends and family. alex is live from the newsroom with reaction and details. >> reporter: friends and family say the two suspected bombers were friendly and peaceful and didn't seem able to carry out this kind of deadly attack. those two brothers are chechens who came ten years ago seeking refuge. their parents still live in north russia. dzhokhar tsarnaev was a wrestler, called popular, he
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attended the university of massachusetts. in fact he had been seen on campus just this week following the bombings at the marathon. his relatives this morning say they don't understand why he would turn on his adopted home and his uncle was angry with them. >> he put shame on the family, our family. the faon the entire chechen culture. >> reporter: the older brother was killed during the manhunt. he was an amateur boxer, married a 3-year-old daughter. his wife was fayed by several news agencies as cathryn russell and they were stunned by the news. now this morning we are learning he was interviewed in 2011 to see if he had terrorist ties but they found nothing incriminating. one of his aunts said he had become more devout new they don't believe he had extremist views. >> my first call to fbi they
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couldn't have done this. where evidence? i'm suspicious that this was staged. the picture was staged. >> reporter: we are also finding out more today abouta how the younger bombing suspect, the survivor here spent the days after the marathon attack on monday. according to one report that is out he actually went to work out at the gym on campus, he went to a on campus party at the university of massachusetts and at one point he was sending outeats as well. one of them seemed to reference the bombing that said safe people. >> and we have a special section on the boston bombings. >> all right let's go over to rosemary for a look at how this weekend is shaping up. >> its going to be nice out there. we have sun, temperatures warmer than yesterday. winds generally light. perhaps an afternoon breeze and
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that will feel good in most areas. temperatures ranging in the 60s along the coast to low 80's inland. giving you a look there at a beautiful, bay bridge and the bay. we have sun, just glistening right over that water. we have temperatures already beginning to climb this morning. woke up with the sun just a few patches of fog. winds generally light. a west breeze at sfo and a light breeze in fairfield. south we have westerly at six. in the hills and along the coast the winds are howling pretty good. most of us not feeling it, no sign of it where we live. actually mount diablo reporting winds to 40 miles an hour and along the coast reports 20 to 30. we have a ridge of high pressure rebuilding just a weak system yesterday swept through the pacific northwest and the ridge of high pressure down just a bit. mid50s right now napa. napa started out in the mid to upper 40s.
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a big rebound. 58 in oakland. 54sfo. 50 degrees half moon bay. a quick climb and the temperatures is what we are seeing, 47menlo park. still cool for you, mid50s palo alto. 55 sunnyvale. 54 for saratoga. we get into the afternoon. the ridge of high pressure getting stronger. the hottest day still to come. it looks like as we get into early next week a bit hot for the inland spots, our weekend looks good with mild to warm weather. we will be warmer tomorrow than today. afternoon highs, expected in santaa rosa, 82 for you, 81 for sonoma. upper 70s nevado, 69 for the second half of the day. a along the east bayshore line 75, in oakland. 74 for berkeley. low 80s danville, if you have an out party bring along the sun block.
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82 san jose, 84saratoga. 79 santa cruz, along the coast replied to upper 60's with the afternoon sea breeze. 74 san bruno, 78 redwood, 78 this afternoon for you palo a it lto. extended forecast, temperatures will continue to climb. a subtle climb and then a nice big jump monday into tuesday. 90 degrees that is a bit warm for many of us. it'll hang around into tuesday and then the ridge will start to break down and temperatures will start to cool. afternoon highs in to the mid to up 80s. >> the president has signed an emergency declaration for the texas town devastated by a fertilizer plant explosion. the company caught fire and exploded late wednesday night. the presidential order is going to provide federal aid to that area. home and business owners have already filed more than 100 insurance claims. >> i was watching tv in the
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dining room and then i heard a big, loud explosion. and then the ceiling collapsed on top of me. >> search crews have recovered the bodies of 14 people. it's believed there may be more buried in the rubble. five volunteer firefighters and four emergency service workers among the dead. the cause of the blast is unknown. >> we are learning more about a fatal accident involving a sheriff's deputy in haywood. it's a story we first brought you as breaking news yesterday morning. authorities say the deputy was not on the way to a call when he hit two people crossing the roadway on mission boulevard. a spokesman for the sheriff's department said the deputy tried to revive one of the victims but he later died. a second pedestrian is being treated for serious join ires and is facing charges. >> the female is intoxicated was found under the influence of alcohol. we were able to get a statement from her and also, amount of
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narcotics was found on her. >> authorities are now looking in to it the victims were in a crosswalk. investigators say they will look at video caught by surveillance cameras in the area. >> richmond police say they need help finding whoever shot and killed a brother and sister as she stood in front of their home. the 16-year-old and 19-year-old were standing with a group of people thursday night when someone opened fire. investigators say two people walked up and fired more than as dozen shots and then jumped into a car. police say the brother and sister were not involved in criminal activities. >> could be that someone else in the group was. we just don't know. they were standing outside with other family members and friends just talking. >> police say the gunman got into a dark blue vehicle. . >> family and friends remembered a high school student with a vigil. >> greatest friend i could
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have asked for. >> family a said audrey would be alive if she hadn't been bullied assaulted. they said she took her life after a photograph of her being sexually assaulted started circulating online. survivors of sexual assault urged victims to come forward and seek help. >> i was raped in my own home because my parents were out of town. i didn't tell anybody because i thought it was my fault. >> friends and family created bracelets in her favorite colors in her memory. they started a foundation that will offer scholarships and counsels. a police dog is recovering after being hurt in training. the 8-year-old dog suffered a spinal injury when he fell off a ledge. the surgery went well and he seem as alert and able to move his leppings. while on duty he has helped police capture several wanted
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suspects and find thousands of pounds of drugs. >> the city of los angeles is being threatened with a lawsuit over the christopher dorner incident. why a man wants the city to pay him a million dollars. >> and how the boston bombing impacting security at california schools.
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. good morning to you. san francisco a live look there at mostly clear skies, if you like yesterday you will like
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today, afternoon highs. >> the giants took time out of last night's game to honor the marathon bombing victims. a resolving symbol of sf and boston played on the big hd scoreboard along with the words together we are boston. eye moment of silence was observed for the victims. not everybody was inside the park to take part in that tribute. that's because of increased security thousands of fans had to wait in long lines for more than an hour. every bang was checked and everybody coming in was searched. some said they were frustrated with the added security because they say it meant that the boston bombers were successl. >> what they wanted to do was get in a situation where they would slow everything down for everybody. they have been successful in that. >> san francisco police chief said it was necessary precaution to keep people safe. extra police officers and dog abouts were also brought in for the game. >> cal state schools were on
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high alert after the boston bombings, campus police at said they were worried about a copy kata tack. officers patrolled, schools are considered soft targets because of the large amount of people in condensed areas. a bomb threat forced the evacuation of cal state la on thursday. social media helped citizens and authorities work together in boston to end the high terror this week. facebook and twitter helped spread the word like wildfire of the boston bombings. just a few days later people turned to social media to show the pictures of the suspects. further videos and tweets from the suspects own social media accounts painted a detailed picture of who they were and where they may be. >> boston, social media becomes a record of these people's activities. it's really a tracking record
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of the way you think, the way you act and a lot of times the things you do. >> water town residents say they were informed because people were up loading videos and pictures of the events as they heaped. on the flip side boston police stopped tweeting because they said they didn't want to give away details of their investigation. by the way boston pd has now more than 330,000 followers on twitter. >> a bail hearing is set to continue monday for a man accused of sending letters with a toxic subdance to the president, a senator and a judge. paul kevin curtis has a history of violence. family members say there is no evidence linking him to the letters or ricin, they say he was wrongly identified as a suspect because of his online postings. >> i have told him quit getting on your e-mail and quit doing all this stuff. i told him that.
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he believes so strongly that he has the right. >> prosecutors wanted to delay the hearing until they got the results of a search of his home and car and dna tests but that request was denied. they stay they found a package of interest in his home. >> a camp ranger who was car jacked by christopher dorner said he plans to sue the city for one million dollars for the reward money which was for information leading to his capture. the attorney said hess call led police to where dorner was. earlier this month lapd said three former judges are going to decide if anyone can lay claim to the reward and set up a claims pros. the judges will also determine how the reward should be given out. >> if you are traveling out of sfo what you need to know before heading out to the airport. >> and a politician is trying to crosswalk trying to crack down on swatting. >> and a warming trend is in
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care regardless of immigration status. the county run program would be funded from a $700 million in savings from the expansion of thed in cal program. the man work working to shut down swatter social s is now their latest victim. swatting is when a fake call to a home. yesterday the police responded to the senator's home, they had received a fake call that the senator had shot his wife. the senator is pushing legislation that would make swatters cover the cost of the police response, that cost is about $10,000. >> the nation's airlines and the biggest pilot union is hoping a pending lawsuit would stop air controller furloughs. they said one in three will experience canceled flights or delayed. federal officials say they have no choice because of spending
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cuts, each controller will be furloughed one day every other week. >> if you have a flight scheduled out of sfo this morning, be prepared for delays. one of the main runways closed at ten last night for continuing runway improvement work and it's going to remain shut down until 8:00 monday morning. >> i was on assignment in los angeles two days ago, flew out, back that night. i'm just guessing another day is a great day. if you are maybe driving up to tahoe i will have that forecast as well. after you see our forecast you may not want to go. we have nice weather in store here at home. a minor warming trend and a more notable jump into early next week. this morning mostly skies, temperatures up by a few degrees as much as ten degrees or so in and around sanity rosa, napa and fairfield. you will notice the difference if you are stepping out for the farmer's market. into the afternoon sunny skies,
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temperatures expected to be a few degrees warmer and if you head into tahoe we have temperatures looking pretty good there as well. mostly sunny skies, it's a chilly start but by the afternoon low 60's for the day. mid to upper 60s on sunday. let's take care of that extended forecast, so today and into tomorrow we have a nice jump in our temperatures but as we get into monday and tuesday it's going to start to get hot. we are talking 90 degrees for some of the hotter spots and low 90's we may actually tie or see a near record high for some of the inland areas, we are talking livermore, concord, napa, hold on through tuesday and then we start a cooling trend on tuesday feeling more comfortable with the warmer spots in to the mid to upper 80's. if you are getting ready to start your morningly have a look at your current temperatures coming up. >> changes coming to the city of oakland. why fewer deputies could patrol city streets. . >> runners are making their way through the city of san
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francisco, some of them just home from boston. we spoke to those bombing survivors and have their story coming up.
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. the terror is over and the suspect is in custody. welcome back. >> good morning. we want to take you through the event that led to the capture of dzhokhar tsarnaev. thursday night we got that first look at this teen who had just been called suspect number two. let's show you the first pictures that we got. these are the surveillance photograph that were released at 5:20 on thursday night
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suspect one, the older brother tamerlan tsarnaev. about five hours later there were reports of shots fired over in cambridge. that was 10:30 p.m. earn time when an mit police officer, sean collier was found shot in his car and he later died. not long after that more developments. cambridge police say that two suspects car jacked a suv and then later released the owner unharmed. police were soon looking for that suv and followed west to water town. that's when the attention focused over there. abouta 1:00 a.m. eastern time police reported gun shots and then an explosion and then there was a shoot out with police. at that point suspect number one, 26-year-old tamerlan tsarnaev was killed. a transit officer, richard donahue was injured. the 19-year-old suspect, the man in the white hat, dzhokhar tsarnaev, he got away.
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that's when this manhunt got stronger and that's when all the attention started focusing on this area. at eight on friday a shelter in place was put into place from boston all the way to water town as authorities were going door to door with no luck. it seemed that the day would just end without finding him. at six that's when they called off the shelter in place. at six a short time later there were reports of this shots fired and we had a standoff in water town. then finally boston police were able to confirm that they had their man. he was in custody. boston police tweeted the terror is over. justice has won. >> we are also looking further into the suspect now in police custody and his older brother who was killed thursday night. alex is live for us. >> reporter: good morning. the parents of the two suspected bombers say there is no way they could have carried out this deadly attack. in boston people are celebrating as that second brother was finally captured
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last night. last night people took to the streets chanting usa has people cheered on the thoughts of officers who tracked down the second suspected bomber. these two brothers lived in the boston area. they are from chechnya, they moved to the united states ten years ago. dzhokhar tsarnaev was a wrestler and he was called popular. ha attended the university of massachusetts. in fact classmates say they saw him on campus just this week even after the bombings at the boston marathon. now his relatives are coming to his defense. they say they don't understand what could have made him turn and some believe he may have been forced by his older brother. >> doesn't make any sense. the facts don't add up. i think it's -- there has to be something we are missing or that we don't understand. >> the older brother 26-year-
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old tamerlan tsarnaev was killed during the manhunt, during a shoot out with police. he was an amateur boxer, married with a 3-year-old daughter. one of his aunts said that he had become a more devout muslim but none of his relatives believed that he held extremist views, though he was interviewed by the fbi back in 2011 and he was questioned about possible ties to extremists but eventually in that case he was cleared. this morning we are also learning mop about how the younger bombing suspect, the survivor spent the days after the bombings. according to one report he worked out at the gym, went to an on campus party. this morning he remains in the hospital in serious condition and has yet to be interviewed. live in the newsroom. >> law enforcement may have indirectly helped boston police. boston area swat teams searched tactics developed by the
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alameda county sheriff. he came up with the urban training program. 30 swat teams come every year for 48 hours of intense training to deal with terrorist bombings and natural disasters. >> it's very nice to know that as they are going through this they were reflecting back on some of the training that they received here in our area. >> the sheriff was in communication with boston authorities this week. he said some of the training situations played out during the manhunt. >> happening now the san francisco running community is coming together to show its support for boston. we are live now in ocean beach to tell you what runner who just returned home and that marathon are saying about the tragedy and the relief effort. >> reporter: around 60 do 70 will making their way through the city right now. some of them just home from boston. they are even more determined. they say the bombings will not slow down the running community. >> we are very grateful that
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everybody is safe. >> reporter: runner was san francisco's road runners clock had a moment of silence in honor of victims of the bombings before taking off this morning. they also took the time to hug each other and check in on those who recently return from the marathon. some completed the race before the two bombs exploded. one runner i spoke to was scheduled to cross the finish liana round the time the bombs exploded. >> it was strange because i had planned to cross right at that time. i was glad i was slow that day. >> reporter: all of the runners and family of the people in the club are safe, i'm told none of them were hurt in monday's incident. we are told the martinez boy who was struck monday is still recovers in a boston hospital. we are told he had his first meal in the hospital yesterday. we have calls in to his family. again those runners making their way through san francisco
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so you will see them throughout the city. the mood here very light, along ocean beach. everybody just happy to be outrunning, enjoying the day and even very determined. some of them say they are going to be back in boston next year even more determined a full showing of support for those victims and survivors. reporting live. ktvu channel 2news. >> runners are also showing their support for boston today. want to show you a picture sent by an organizer. you can see runners for boston one mile, about 45 people taking part in this run. runners and supporters are also encouraged to give to the relief effort. >> many bay area muslims grieving the rest of america in light of events but some say they are concerned about a possible backlash. we spoke with a northern california islamic council known as care can. >> most important message for
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american muslims to get out is we stand with boston and are mourning the terrorist attack, the victims of the attack. >> she also said that there have been two reports of hate incidents here in the bay area since monday things like name calling. >> we have new information this morning about a homicide investigation in oakland. according to the tribune a body found in a trash can in east oakland thursday may be a missing parolee. police say the man's tattoos suggest he could be the man. he has been missing since april 5th and he got into a car accident while being pursued by chp. today is the last day alameda county sheriff deputies will be on patrol in oakland after failing to come to terms with a new deal. they say the two sides are at odds offer who will pay worker's compensation costs for deputies injured on the job. alameda is paying costs connected to the hoot shoots of
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a deputy. they asked the city to cover it in the case of future incidents but that request was denied . >> this morning safety regulators are investigating the death of a glass factory worker near santa rose a. the accident happened yesterday at thermal sun glass products near the airport. deputies say the 21-year-old was using a cart to move several hundreds pounds of sheet glass when it tipped over on him. . >> unemployment rate is it is hats lowest level in five- years. the unemployment rate was 9.4% last month. that's down from 9.6% in february. it's also well below march of last year. even sot state's unemployment rate is still higher than the national rate. this is what the numbers look like across the bay area. solano has the highest unemployment rate. marin has the lowest in the bay
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area. >> investigators have released a video showing the event that led up to the big fire at the richmond refinery last august. chemical safety board showed the video at a public meeting in pond richmond. they say the pipe should have been replaced. chevron said it contains errors but the company didn't say what they were. san jose police officers and other city workers have cleared a legal hurdle in their attempt to overturn a pension reform initiative. voters approved measure b, police and other unions accuse the mayor of putting the measure on the ballot without philadelphiaing collective baring agreements. now the state attorney general has granted the union's request for a review of measure b. >> your time now is 8:40. if you are waking up a beautiful day greeting you
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outside. rosemary watching this really lovely forecast. is it lovely? >> lovely. >> lovely is a great way of putting it. our morning temperatures on the up swing. i think you are going to enjoy today. if you liked yesterday we have light winds, temperatures slightly warmer for your afternoon, a live look there from bay point over the east bay hills, little breezy in the hills, the gusts picking up to near 40. and a long the coast just outside the bay. where we reside the winds are light. six miamis an hour in fairfield. three in sfo. calm in oakland, mountain view and san jose. just a few patches of fog picked up along the coastline. can't detect it in this shot. we are mostly clear with just again a little bit of fog. seeing some near monterey. santa cruz, we have the satellite radar near here. we had a weak system move through and continues to the east. that happened yesterday. we have a ridge of high
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pressure that's now starting to build right back behind us. we are breezy along the coast. we are breezy in the hills and if you are headed to the central valley for today it's going to be breezy there as well. lake tahoe no trouble. we have mostly sunny skies in tahoe for the weekend with mild temperatures and light winds, also want to point you to this. i want to back it up. we will have a warming trend and it'll last for several days but this system here could actually bring back a southerly surge and that's going to bring coastal clouds to the area, cool us back down just a little bit. it's way down the road but i wanted to point that to you. i will show you again in the elk typed forecast. right now 55napa, 54 san rafael. 63 antioch, so if you are getting outside you will notice that difference there. for the second half of the day i expect temperatures will be a few degrees above yesterday's a highs, 82 santa rosa, low 80s napa. if will be beautiful day.
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77 san rafael. we have 70's along the east bayshore. 69 in san francisco today. low 80o's for the inland, east bay. low 80's for the valley . 82 san jose, 83 loss gatos. always got to check in with them. lot of little ones headed to the boardwalk. maybe the last weekend for some spring breakers, a look at the extended forecast. the warming trend continues through sunday and then hot for the inland areas, upper 80s to near 90 monday, tuesday could even tie or break a record. we will track that for you. into wednesday the system has showed you working its way closer to us. perhaps bringing us a cooldown. temperature back to the mid to upper 80's for the hotter spots. if you are going to be out maybe have lunch plans. >> by the end of the day today san francisco may look a little cleaner because of earth day celebrations throughout the city. officials will join a community clean up team starting at nine
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so just in 15 minutes at the east end of the panhandle. volunteers invited to meet at the mckinley monument. starting at ten this morning, people will gather for a festival complete with music, food and speakers. in the south bay earth day will be underway this morning, volunteer also gather to clean up litter in kelley park starting at nine. registration -- everybody is invited to attend. if you are looking for other activities in the bay area in less than half an hour the mayor will work alongside volunteers for a grafitti clean up at the sailboat house. volunteers will clean up the shoreline at shore bird park in the berkeley marina and ten minutes ago volunteers started gathering at the public works services building. >> rescue efforts underway in china after a powerful quake there. the search for the victims and the video of the aftermath straight ahead.
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>> the bay area county where getting a food information report is now as easy as turning on the cell phone. >> and another live look outside. there she is. 746 feet tall. the golden gate bridge looking fantastic on this saturday morning in the bay area. clock says 8:44. s
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. welcome back. plenty of sun over the barry this morning. morning temperatures up by a few degrees around the bay. >> cities in the midwest bracing for major flooding along the mississippi after days of heavy rain the national weather service said the river rose ten feet in quincy illinois where several neighborhoods are under water. the mississippi was so low that barge traffic was threaten but now its been stopped from the quad cities in iowa and illinois to near st. louis. a powerful quake has killed more than 150 people in china and authorities expect the death toll to rise. this is video showing how much force that quake brought to the area. according to the usgf it was a 6.6 but authorities in china are now saying was a 7. the
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quake's shallow depth likely made the impact worse. it trippingerred landslides and thousands of people were hurt when buildings fell during what witnesses call 60 seconds of shaking. >> hundreds of protesters fought with police in france as lawmakers prepare to vote on a bill that would legalize same sex marriage. police say hundreds were detained at yesterday's protest in paris. tens of thousands are expected to turn out for a similar rally tomorrow. legislators are expected to give final approval to a bill legalizing gay marriage on tuesday despite objections. a proposal to lift the ban on young gays joining the boy scout social security being criticized. a national council of the boy scouts will vote on the proposal next month. however gay adults would still be prevented. last year a boy scout had his eagle scout application
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rejected because he is gay. >> they aren't really facing the real issue here is that discrimination isn't acceptable. i think they are just trying to find a way out. >> a christian group condemned the changes saying the boy scouts caving to outside pressure. >> more than 2,000 community college presidents will attend a convention today. it's scheduled to open the convention with a speech at 5:00 p.m. they have produce more than 4,000 youtube tutoo rials. mark kelley the commander of the space shuttle's final mission is scheduled to speak. >> help or hinder business at restaurants in contra costa. it's called california food inspector and is lets you see results for four thousand facilities. it was developed by the county
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. this afternoon the warriors are in their first playoff game in six years. they will face their former coach and his current team.
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the nuggets, the warriors the under dogs against the nuggets. denver is an amazing 38-3 at home this season but that team has been battling injuries, one of their star players, is questionable for playing. the coach believes the defense and hot shooting can help knock off the nuggets. >> still five on five and it's still -- still -- round basketball. at the end of the day what has brought us to this point is going to be the same thing that lets us continue to play. >> game one is at 2:30 this afternoon. it'll gone ono sale at ten. a's road winning streak came to an end last night in tampa despite getting 11 hits. lowrie doing his part. crisp, doing his part, extending his hitting streak to 12 games which is the longest streak in the majors.
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it was the a's pitching that took the hit. anderson -- before coming out with a strained ankle. tampa would win 8-3. taking down the padres 3-2. there is a new count acevesy involving culliver, he told a shock jock that gays weren't welcome. he apologized is now working with the gay rights group. however, according to tmz he posted some comments against women during a conversation. the 49ers say they are aware of the matter and the situation is being handled internally. >> let's go right over for a sunny forecast from rosemary. >> our weather for the weekend. pleasant in most cases. its going to grow unpleasant for some. i will explain that in the extended forecast for today. just a few patches of fog. already burning off there as
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well. low to mid50s around the bay and along the coast. some of the inland areas, fairfield, antioch, reporting low to mid60s. mostly sunny skies for the noon hour. 60 afterra so near the coach. widespread upper 60s around the bay and low 70's fort inland areas, low 70s to low 80's just to measure it up. a few degrees warmer than yesterday is what i'm expecting for the neighborhood. if you have allergies we have a high pollen count, oak, pine and alder for the weekend. your extended forecast here. this warm up is just getting started. take a look at sunday. slightly warmer and then into monday, tuesday, when i said unpleasant, this is what i'm talking about. some people like it hot and some don't. our i land areas, livermore, concord, napa expected to reach near 90, monday, tuesday, then we start a more cooling trend i
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should say on wednesday. back to you. >> today the public is going to get another chance to see a solar powered plane that's scheduled to fly across the country. this is the impulse as it made its test flight. it's scheduled to leave mountain view on may first and arrive in new york five days later. the plane is going to be on display at an open house at moffet field. a landmark east bay movie theater is set to close for good. it opened in 1967, developers want to tear down that dome shaped theater and replace it with a sporting good store. a hearing is set for may 6th to appeal it. one of the last films tomorrow is 2001, which played at that theater back in 1968. >> today a 420 party will come with high costs. thousands of people expected to gather and smoke marijuana at hippie hill. april 20th normally known as
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the day celebrated by folks around the country and world as the day to get high. since the event in san francisco has no organizer officials say city taxpayers will pick up the bill, spending nearly $10,000 to clean up from the celebration. >> we have new information about the president's visit to the bay area earlier this month. we will tell you why the city of atherton wants him to foot the bill and how much it'll cost. . and with continue to tom the latest developments in the boston bombing case. the latest information and how boston residents honoring the police force. [ female announcer ] this is a special message from at&t.
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. usa, usa, usa. >> a tense scene in boston turns to a celebration. >> complete, bay area news coverage continues. this is ktvu mornings on 2. >> good morning. welcome to mornings on two. it's saturday april 20th. >> we begin this morning with a namaste message from the president praising the resolve of the people of boston. >> if anyone wants to know who we are, what america is, how we respond to evil and terror, that is it.
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selflessly, compassion and unafraid. >> the president said boston's spirit remains undaunted. he and the first lady return to washington after attending thursday's service in boston. in the address the president also singled out the actions of emergency responder who ran toward the danger to help bombing victims. news agencies out of boston report there are 53 victims still in hospitals this morning. three patients remain in critical condition. alex has been sorting through the new information coming into the newsroom and joins us now with the latest. >> reporter: good morning. in the boston area this morning they are breathing in relief to be sure. a massive manhunt ended last night as the second of two suspected bombers was captured alive. from tribute to the lives lost to excitement. people from around boston found weapons to mark the news that
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the reign of terror was over. >> i feel like i go back to school now and know that i'm stay. >> reporter: that sense comes from knowing the two suspects wanted in connection with monday's attack on the boston marathon are no longer a threat tamerlan tsarnaev died after a gun night. his younger brother was captured after a day long hunt. someone saw him hiding out inside a boat. after a shoot out with police he was loaded in to thissance ambulance and taken to the same hospital where his brother died earlier in the day. >> this was an absolutely intense investigation. i do say a intense investigation. as a result of that, justice is being served for the victims of the terrible crimes. >> reporter: while the images of the attacks will continue to
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haunt the community, boston is waking up breathing easier. for law enforcement the work is not done. >> the families of those killed so senselessly deserve answers. the wounded, some of whom now have to learn how to stand and walk and live again, deserve answers. >> reporter: now we are waiting to learn what charges will come for that surviving suspect and what he will ba ryaned. today he remains in the hospital. we know he does have serious injuries and we are expecting further updates on his condition will come through the fbi. we know this teen has not yet been read his rights and in fact authorities are invoking a rare public safety exception in order to question him about other potential explosives and possible other suspects. >> it was a quiet moment as officers stood and saluted the procession of fallen mit
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officer sean collier. procession passed by the police station yesterday afternoon. fellow officers were shaken and described collier as the first person to step up. he was shot and killed thursday night after a run in with the boston suspects. >> we want to take you back through the event that led to the capture of the 19-year-old. now on thursday night we got our first look at this teen who had first -- just called suspect number two. let's take you back through the pictures we first had. images that show him in the white cap and then in man in the black cap that has been identified as the 26-year-old brother. this is about 5:20 on thursday when police released the images again. suspect number one, the man in the black hat turned out to be the older brother -- 10:30 p.m. we had five hours later reports of shots fired in cambridge and that's when this police officer sean collier was then shot in
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his car and he did die. not long after that still in cambridge, we got reports of this carjacking, police say the two suspects car jacked a suv and then later released the owner. police were soon looking for that suv and followed it west over to water town. about one eastern time people reported hearing gun shotos and explosions. then there was this shoot out with authorities. that happened in suspect number two or suspect number one, 26- year-old tamerlan tsarnaev was killed and a transit officer, was critically injured. somehow the 19-year-old got away. he fled that scene somehow on the run. so much happened in the next few hours, by eight on friday, water town to boston all put in lockdown and for hours authorities were going door to
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door with in luck. it seemed that it was all going to end without finding him until 6:00 p.m. eastern time when officials lifted the shelter in place order and then after that reports of shots fired over in water town and that standoff started. it took a little bit after that but then at 8:45, eastern time, the suspect was in custody. police said they had their man. justice was won. >> the bay area remembering boston coming up at 9:15, the running community here is showing its support with several events this weekend. the san francisco giants took time out of last night's game to honor the marathon bombing victims, reinvolving symbol of sf and played -- along with the words together we are boston. a moment of silence was also held. not everybody was inside the park. that's because of increased security. thousands of fans had to wait in long lines for more than an
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hour. every bag was checked and everybody coming in was searched. some people said they were zoophorus straighted because -- frustrated. >> what they wanted to do was they wanted to get in a situation where they would slow everything down for everybody. they have be successful in that. >> san francisco police chief said it was a necessary precaution to keep people safe, extra police and dog units were also brought in for the game. many in boston will be celebrating the capture of the last bombing suspect by watching the red sox. sox are set to host the kansas city royals, at 10:10 pacific time. it'll be the first home game of fenway park. >> in other news, police say they need help to find who shot and killed two teens in front of their home. the two were standing with a group of people thursday night when someone opened fire.
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investigators say that two people walked up and fired more than a dozen shots and then jumped into a car. police say the brother and sister were not involved in criminal activities. >> it could be that someone else in the group was. we just don't know. they were standing outside with several other family members and friends just talking. >> police say that the gunman got into a dark blue vehicle. the deaths are the city's 5th and 6th homicides of the year. today is the last day alameda county sheriff deputies will be on patrol after failing to come to terms on a new deal with the police department. officials say that the two sides are at odds over who will pay worker's compensation costs for deputies injured on the jobs. al speeda county is paying the cost connected to the shooting a deputy in oakland. >> a warm up is on the way for your weekend. a live look, plenty of blue
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sky, just a few patches of fog really hard to find at this point. what i'm seeing a big turn around in the morning temperatures already in the 60s and some of the warmer spots, 68 fairfield, 67 antioch, napa, santa rosa started in the upper 40s to low 50s. napa61 around the bay. 62 in oakland. 54 at half moon bay. let's head east and look at lafayette. are you looking at 57 degrees, 60 walnut creek. one last shift. 66 brentwood. this is where some of the warmer numbers are, 66 pittsburgh, 60 right now in san ramone. 59 pleasant on. just a big difference from what we saw. i'm talking two houring hours ago. the pacific satellite view. a couple of things, we had a weak system that's now to the east. ridge of high pressure will build back in. i will point it out there. its going to get strong america
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the coming days and that's going to help warm us um. keep our sun shining, also this is a weak cut off flow off the coast of southern california. by wednesday or so it could help bring back a bit ofa a cooldown. we have mostly sunny skies, good air quality and afternoon breeze, five to 15 miles an hour. if you are sitting at 84 degrees, that afternoon breeze feels good . 83 antioch is expected for the second half of the day. 83 concord. in to the north bay it'll be a nice warm one and santa rose anapa, santa rosa anywhere from ten to 12 degrees. well above average for this time of year. 69 san francisco, mid70's oako land as well as haywood. into san jose, 84 for -- 79 santa cruz, again, the monterey bay just a little bit of fog. it looks like its burning off and mostly sunny skies for i
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will say by late morning and definitely for the early afternoon. the forecast here -- your warm up continuing in to sunday. sunday looks to be the warmer day of the weekend but the hottest on monday. right around livermore, concord, expected to hit that. overnight doesn't budge. widespread 40s between now and wednesday and there is that bit of a cooldown midweek wednesday. fair skies, 86 degrees for the warmer area. . >> a devastating quake in chain a. this morning the search for survivors in the aftermath of the quake that has killed more than one hundred people. >> runners making their way through the city of san francisco today in honor of the boston marathon victims. many of them are looking toward to next year's race. they say they are even more determined. we will have that story coming up next. >> first we want to give you a look at the east shore freeway rolling on through berkeley and you can see beautifully
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. welcome back. giving you a live look there over the bay. we have an enjoyable forecast
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for today. temperatures slightly warmer for your afternoon. >> we are following developing news for you out of china where a powerful quake has killed more than 150 people. authorities expect that death toll to rise. we will show you how much force has brought. it was a 6.6 quake. authorities in china are saying this was a 7.0. it had a shallow depth which likely made it stronger. it did trigger landslides and thousands of people were hurt when buildings fell down during what witnesses call 60 secs of shaking. take a look at this video. that's a pregnant woman who was trapped in this building and that had be rescued. a soldier and a firefighter you see them. they are just climbing through the small spaces and they were able to bring her to safety. two hours later a 7-year-old was rescued from that same building. >> the president has signed an
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emergency declaration town devastated by a fertilizer plant explosion. the company located in the town of west caught fire and exploded late wednesday flight. the presidential order will provide federal aid to the area. home and business owners have already filed more than 100 insurance claims. >> i was watching tv in the dining room. i heard a big, loud explosion, and then the ceiling collapsed. >> search crews have so far recovered the bodies of 14 people. rescuers believe there may be more victims buried in the rubble. five volunteer firefighters and four emergency service workers are among the dead and the cause of that blast is still unknown. >> back to the continuing coverage of the boston bombings. the running community is holding several events to show support for boston. we are live at one of them at ocean beach with runner who have returned from boston.
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>> reporter: you can see them over my shoulder. they around 7:45 doing routes around the city up to 18 miles, some of them with the running club we spoke to are survivors of the marathon. we spoke to them and they say that today'sa run is a way to heal and move forward. >> i think it'll help me process it. i have been numb. >> >> reporter: several were in boston competing in the marathon. we are told they are all safe and nobody was hurt. in the moments following the two explosions, the group worked quickly to find members and organizers say with in 45 minutes everybody was act accounted for. now that police have arrested the second suspect many are ready to train for next year's marathon. they say the attack is pushing them to train even harder. some still want to obtain thee lit title of marathon finisher.
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>> really special community. boston marathon like no other in the world. >> reporter: we are seeing runners making their way back. act 60 to 70 showing up. there is a boy in martinez still recovering. we have calls in. weigh hit by s -- he was hit by shrapnel. all the supporters and we hope that next year the crew said they will be back there with all runners and supporters making the boston marathon even bigger than this year. reporting live in san francisco, ktvu channel 2news. >> and runners in pleasant hill are also showing their support for boston today. the store fleet feet putl run together -- participants are being encouraged to donate to the relief effort and bay area businesses are also making donations to runners and to the
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family of the 11 -year-old who we heard katie talking about. he was injured in the explosion. >> a camp ranger who was car jacked said he plans to sue the city for the one million dollar reward for the information leading to the capture. the man's attorney say said his call lead police to dorner. earlier this month lapd said three former judges will have to decide if anyone can lay claim to that reward and they will set up a claims process. the judges will also determine how that reward should be given out. new this morning the city is hoping someone will pick up the tab from the president's fundraising -- he raised more than $3 million but the visit got the city for police and other services. town leaders plan to send the invoices to the white house.
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. >> new jersey governor said he has come up with a plan to reduce gun violence. . he proposes expanding government funded mental health treatment and requiring parental permission before minors can buy or rent violent video games. he also recommends banning the sell of semi automatic sniper rifles. state officials and lawmakers -- [inaudible] will hold the community meeting at city hall at one. its open to the public. gun legislation and the senate's failure to pass legislation expanding background checks on firearm sales will be the topics of discussion. >> the ski season in the sierra is getting ready to end. today and tomorrow is the last chance for skiers and snow boarders to go up to squaw
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valley. it was supposed to stay open until april 28th but alpine meadows will try to stay open next friday and sunday that. will depend on weather. it's the biggest business day of the yearer for some music stores. today is national record store day. remember those in customer also line up outside stores this morning in hopes of buying new and reissued songs on vinyl. seven hundred will participate. and take a look at this picture that was posted on facebook. long lines already forming around the block at 1, 2, 3, 4, go records. those will be waiting another two hours before that store opens. >> see it's still hot. >> you have a record player? no. >> no. but i do remembert. the eight track. muni getting a new look.
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what you may notice on your ride to work come this monday. >> warmer air is coming in to the bay area for the weekend. for some of us warmer at this hour. we will have a look for it for the afternoon.
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. a landmark movie theater is set to close tomorrow. it opened in pleasant hill in 1967. the developers plan to tear the dome shaped theater down and replace it with a sporting good store. a hearing will appeal the demolition. one of the last films scheduled to show tomorrow is 2001. it played at the theater back in 1968. >> muni buss getting a new look. they said dozens of buss being repainted to show which seat must be left for disabled passengers. they said that the $19 million
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will add another four years in driving time to the buses. those improved buses will hit the streets next week. a walk will be held this walk to raise money to fight hunger. they will be held this morning in brentwood, oakland and pleasanton. objectors hope -- organizers hope to raise $250,000. we will have more information on the website at ktvu.com. >> i'm looking at chp traffic page. it said they are responding to three to four small fires, westbound 580, eden canyon road, just remember i guess it's that time of year. it's hot. turn to rosemary now because nice day but you were talking 90s monday, tuesday. >> you are right. well above average. bone dry, it's still spring. we could use quite a bit of rain and could see some of the spring showers but not in the
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exended tract. it looks dry for the weekend. you know -- outside of that, we have got some nice weather. the temperatures are going to be a few degrees warmer than yesterday. sunday will be the warmer day of the two days and then into early next week it's going to be hot for some of the inland spots. now if you have a swimming pool you y be all smiles about that. i will show the numbers. 63 antioch, 68 at fairfield. 59 oakland. 57 san francisco, 62 mountain view. 59 redwood. around the bay a few degrees warmer. inland anywhere from five to ten to 15 degrees waller than where we sat just yesterday at this time. the warming trend just getting started. it'll continue through the weekend. temperatures a few degrees warmer and then warmer on sunday. the jump monday, tuesday a slight cooling trend into wednesday. >> the oakland a's road winning speak end the last night despite 11 hits on the
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night. lowrie doing his part. he had four hits, crisp also doing his part extending his streak to 12 game, the longest in thors but it was the a's pitching that took the big hit. anderson had to come out with a sprained ankle. the giants had a walk off as they beat the padres. >> the warriors, let's talk basketball. they are going to the playoffs, what the head coach thinks will be the key to his team's success. >> and the controversial online comments a 49er that has a lot of people talking on this saturday morning. look at them kids. [ sigh ]
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with u-verse high speed internet. rethink possible. . gun fire between police and a suspect in the boston bombing, new information about the two brothers accused as terrorists. good morning, welcome to mornings on 2. it's saturday. >> the terror is over in boston. the suspects wanted in connection to monday's bombings at the marathon are no longer a threat. one is dead, one is in custody. a week of tragedy, fear and violence all ended in a dramatic arrest. >> we are live to bring you up to date. >> >> reporter: i'm here at the
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hospital where the suspect is. there is this heavy police presence, they are guarding the door. the latest from police is that the suspect is still in serious condition. i have to tell you it's starting to feel a little more like boston here. there is a red sox game going on this afternoon. people are out and act walking on the streets, there are cars on the streets, this has been a long week. from tributes to the lives lost. to pure joy. people around boston found ways to mark the news that the reign of terror that gripped their city for a week was over. that renewed feeling of safety comes knowing the two suspects wanted in connection to monday's deadly attack on the boston marathon are no longer a threat. tamerlan tsarnaev died after a gun fight with police early friday morning. his younger brother dzhokhar tsarnaev was captured last night after a dramatic day long manhunt that shut down the area. >> because of that
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extraordinary cooperation by all of the law enforcement resources, who brought their a game, we have a -- a suspect in custody. >> reporter: the manhunt may be done but the search for a motive is just starting. even friends of the suspect say he is the only one who may be able to unlock some of the mysteries around this case. >> for the sake of everybody out here, the sake of the families, everybody affected, we need questions answered. he is the one to it. >> reporter: its been a week that changed lives forever. a week nobody will forget. in the middle of so much pain, there have been moments of hope. >> that's what we will remember from this week. that's what we will have. the stories of kindness, resolve, generosity and love. >> reporter: and we are learning a little more about
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this suspect. university official where he attended school said that the suspect was on campus every day after the bombing up until about thursday. he attended classes and he even went to some parties. >> all right. thank you so much from that report from boston. now that 19-year-old suspect is in custody investigators are searching for a motive. they say tonight know why the two brothers allegedly attacked hundreds of people they didn't know. alex is live with more on what we are learning about them. >> reporter: good morning. the younger brother was a popular college student. the oldoer brother was an amateur boxer. friends and relatives say they can't believe this pair could have carried out this deadly attack. relatives say that the 19-year- old and 26-year-old were devout muslims but never held extremist views. though we are learning older brother was interviewed in 201
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ability possible terrorist ties. they are chechens who moved here a decade ago as refuges. they lived in the boston area, the younger attending dartmouth. one report said he went to the gym, even attend a party with friends, and now friends and family say they have a lot of questions. >> first reaction was anger. how could this happen? how could this do this? for what? for the sake of what? what belief? what prompted them to this? >> the older brother was married and had a 3-year-old daughter. he dropped out of college after three semesters and he said in a magazine i don't have a single american friend and i don't understand them.
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now he did travel to russia just of the last year and investigators looking at that trip to see if the suspected boston bomber may have met with extremists there or received training. live in the newsroom. >> boston area swat teams searched with tack i cans developed by the alameda county sheriff. he came up with urban shield. it's a training program and every year 30 swat teams from around the world come for 48 hours of intense, training to deal with terrorist bombings and natural disasters. >> very nice to know that as they are going through this they were -- they were reflecting back on some of the training they received here in the area >> the sheriff was in communication with boston authorities this week and some of the training situations played out during the manhunt. >> we have new information this morning about a homicide
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investigation in oakland. according to the oakland tribune a body found in a trash can may be a missing parolee. police say the man's tattoos suggest he could be the missing man. he has been missing since april 5th when he got into a car accident while being pursued by officers. family and friends remembered a student with a vigil. >> greatest person i could have asked for. >> family say audrey would still ba live if she hadn't been bulllied and assaulted. they said she committed suicide after a photograph of her being sexually assaulted started circulating online. survivor of assault urged victims to come forward. >> i was raped in my own home because my parents were out of town and i didn't tell anybody because i thought it was my fault. >> last night friends and
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family created bracelets in her favorite colors in her memory. they also started a foundation that will offer student scholarships and counseling. >> we are learning more about a deadly accident involving a deputy. it's a story we first brought you as breaking news yesterday morning. the deputy wasn't on the way to a call when he hit two people crossing the roadway. a spokesperson for the sheriff's department said the deputy tried to revive one of the victims but he died. >> the female is intoxicated was found under the influence of alcohol. we were able to get a statement from her and also an amount of narcotics was found on her person. >> authorities looking into it the victims were in a crosswalk. investigators will also look at video. federal investigators have released a video showing the event that led up to the big fire at the richmond refinery.
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they sawed this video at a public meeting last night. investigators say that the pipe where a small leak happened should have been replaced years ago. chevron said the video contains errors but they didn't say what they were. >> san jose police officers and other city workers have cleared a legal hurdle in their attempt to overturn a controversial pension reform initiative. voters approved measure b. police and other unions accuse the mayor of putting it on the ballot without filling collective baring requirements. if you have a flight scheduled out of sfo be prepared for possible delays. one of the main runways closed at ten for continuing runway improvement work. it'll remain shut down until eight monday morning, slowing arrivals as well as departures. >> your weekend shaping up to
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be a nice one. sunny skies, temperatures warming in time for saturday and sunday looks to be even warmer. live look over oakland. you can see blue sykes, city of san francisco, there in the backdrop. we woke up with patches of fog, a little cool in some area, that has since passed, temperatures now in the 50s, even 60s, right at this hour. your satellite radar we have mostly color skies, little bit of patchy fog just inside the monterey bay. back it up here just a little bit yesterday we had a weak system move over the north of us. you can see it moving in to areas like utah and colorado. we have a ridge of high pressure, take had bring breezy temperatures to areas like the central valley. if you are on the eastern edge you may catch it as well. areas like fairfield. antioch, brentwood, could be breezy this afternoon. we will look at those winds in just a moment. also want to point you to this system. well off the coastline. in the extended forecast, this
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may impact the weather in the sense that maybe bringing the temperatures back down. in the meanwhile we have a nice big warm up. for some it'll be toasty. take a look at fairfield. the winds picking up to 21 miles an hour. the rest of the bay area right. the winds will stay light for today. five to 15 miles an hour near the coastline just inside the bay. saw a little breeze in santa rosa. 61 santa rosa with a wind to ten miles an hour. 63nevado, this is a huge turn around. napa as started at 46. upper 60's fairfield and antioch. you are warming up fast and with that breeze you can expect a sunny, breezy condition in fairfield for most of the day. if have allergies the pollen index is high for trees, oak, pine and alder the extended forecast of highs around the area going to be nice and warm.
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82 for you. 82 in napa, upper 60's, 74 in berkeley. 72 alameda. up over the east bay hills and temperatures climb in to the low 80's for today. danville 82 for you, 84 livermore. 83 expected in antioch. santa clara, temperatures are going to warm as well. few degrees as well. 84 for saratoga, 84 for morgan hill. upper 70s in santa cruz for the second half of the afternoon. bring along the sun block. if you are going to the boardwalk. 70 degrees san bruno, 78 wood side. mid to upper 60s for daily city. the extended forecast, another jump in the temperatures for tomorrow. the more noticeable climb will come monday into tuesday. hottest readings near 90 which could tie a record, maybe break a record. we will track them. overnight lows not to bad. in the mid to upper 40s.
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into wednesday, remember that pacific satellite view i showed you. that system coming off the southern california coastline could bring back the low clouds, could cool us off just a bit. we are anticipating the average high. i will look at your saturday lunchtime numbers coming up. >> there is a new controversy involving the 49ers cornerback chris culliver, he told a shock jock that gays weren't welcome in the locker room . he later apologized but he posted comments against women during a conversation. the 49ers said they are aware of it and the team said they are handling it. >> this afternoon the warriors will play the first postseason game in six years, the warriors will face the former coach and his team the nuggets. ththey will take on the third seeded nuggets. denver is an amazing 38-3. one
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of their star players is questionable for tipoff. the coast mark jackson said he believes defects and hot shooting can help. >> still five on five. it's still, round basketball. at the end of the day what has brought us to this point is going to be the very same thing that lets us continue to play. >> game one tips off 2:30 this afternoon and in just about 20 online tickets will go president go on sale. >> a proposal of lifting a ban of gays from the boy scouts getting criticized from both sides. >> runners making their way through the city of san francisco today. howsurvivors are turning tragedy into determination. >> here is another live look at the mcarthur maze.
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. blue skies, good air quality in store. temperatures on the increase. widespread 50s to mid60s. >> a memorial is now in place at the finish of the boston marathon. flowers, cards and messages of hope have been left behind. the bombing injured at least
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one hundred people. there is been a report this morning from bay area runners, we are live at the ocean beach where the runners have returned. >> reporter: that's right. i'm hearing the sound of shoes hitting the pavement this morning and some of those runners who took off from here this morning around two hours ago are starting to make their way back. you can see them in the parking lot. they are returning in honor of the bombing victims and also training for next year's marathon saying the attack won't slow them down. >> we are thankful that everybody is safe. >> reporter: runners -- observed a moment of silent in honor of the victims. before taking on off around 7:45. several of the members competed monday. they were able to -- they confirmed none of the runner or
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families members have been hurt. we talked to some of the ones who recently returned. one was scheduled to cross around the time the bombs exploded. >> it was scary because i had planned to cross right at that time. i was thank. i was slow. >> they were excited about the arrest last night and say now is the time to move forward. they are determined to train and qualify for next year's marathon. it's an elite race and many of them train their whole lives to complete it. they hope to have a strong showing next year. reporting live in san francisco. ktvu channel 2news. >> rainers in pleas apt hill are also showing their support for boston. check out this picture. that's where they put the run together and oers sent us this big picture. they did a 2.6-mile run. participants are encouraged to donate as well and then local
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businesses made donations and to the family of an 11-year-old from marte who was hurt. >> campus police at cal states say they were worried about a copy cat, attack. schools considered soft targets because of the large amount of people in condensed areas. a bomb threat forced the evacuation of cal state la on thursday. the system includes 23 schools with about 400,000 students. a bail hearing set to continue monday for a mississippi man accused of sending letters containing a toxic subdance to the president, a senator and a judge. the united states attorneys say paul kevin curtis is mentally ill. family members say there is no evidence linking him to the letters. this he say he was wrongly identified as a suspect because of his online postings.
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>> i have told him quit getting on your e-mail and quit e-mailing all this stuff, just -- i have told him that. he believes so strongly he has the right. >> prosecutors sought to delay the hearing until they got the results of a search of his home and car and dna tests but the request was denied. they say they have found a package of interest in his home. >> in just five-days, small fives will be allowed on planes and in an effort to stop that new policy opponents joined airline people to voice their opinions on capitol hill. >> it's horrible. it's a slap in the face to the families, to the -- to the traveling public as well. >> yesterday's move urged congress to block the new policy. the tsa said it's now nearly impossible to take down a jet liner with a knife and with the new rule they will be able to focus more on serious threats.
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california's rate is at its lowest level in five years. the unemployment rate was 9.4% last month. that is down from 9.6% in february and it's also well below march of last year when the state's unemployment rate was at 10.7%. the rate is still higher than the national rate which was 6.6% last month. take a look at this map. we want to show you what numbers look like. solano has the highest rate at 8.9%. marin with the lowest rate at 5.2. >> a proposal to lift the ban on young gays joining the boy scouts is being criticized. they will vote on it next month. adults would still be prevented from being leaders. last year a boy scout had his eagle scout application rejected because he is openly
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gay. his father said the new proposal still discriminates. >> they aren't facing the real issue here which is that disincrimination isn't acceptable anymore. i think they want an easy way out. >> a christian group condemned the proposed say changes saying they are caving to pressure. >> preparing for the worse. how people are coping after days of heavy rain and why the worst may be yet to come. >> outside the doors plenty of sun and a quick warm up already underway. just how high it'll go with the temperatures coming upful [ man ] we have a go for auto sequence start.
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effectively been stopped in the quad cities in iowa. >> a look at some of the top stories we have been following. this is a live picture. it's from outside fenway park. red sox fans headed back to the ballpark. this game was postponed yesterday because of the manhunt. it'll be the first home game. bomb sniffing dogs are at the park as a precaution. boston police say a water town resident went outside for a cigarette and saw bombing suspect 19-year-old dzhokhar tsarnaev hiding in his parked boat that had a tarp on it. the teen was eventually caught after a two hour standoff. he is in the hospital listed in serious condition. richmond police are looking for the person who shot and killed a brother and sister. the 16-year-old and 19-year-old were standing with a group of people thursday night when someone opened fire.
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today is the last day alameda county sheriff deputies will be on patrol in oakland after failing to come to terms on a new deal with the police department. officials say that the two sides are at odds offer worker compensation costs. >> the 420 party will come with high costs, thousands are expected to gather and smoke marijuana at hippie hill this afternoon. april 20th normally known as the day celebrated by people around the country and world as the day to get high. since the event has no organizer officials say city taxpayers will be picking up the bill. the park department estimates it'll spend $10,000 to clean up and repair damage. san francisco will be cleaning and greening this weekend in early celebration for earth day. officials are joining a community clean up team this morning. they have been going for just under an hour.
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they are at the east end of the park. volunteers are invited to meet at the mckinley monument to plant trees, works on landscapes and paint over grafitti. then 234 just a few minutes, this morning, people will gather for a festival complete with music, food and speakers. >> it may be time to dust off the shorts and pull out the flip-flops. >> anded -- already outside. we get in to the 10:00 hour. just a few bits of fog right along the coastline. that's about it. mostly sunny for the rest of today. upper other's to upper 60s already out there. mostly sunny, 60 degrees at the coast. 60s round the bay and low 70s for the lunch hour. how about the afternoon? temperatures will warm a few degrees over yesterday. low 60's in isn'ta rosa. you are looking at 76, breezy in fairfield.
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antioch you may see them throughout the afternoon. brentwood. around the bay and along the coast wind wills be light. afternoon sea breeze at the cost. 66 pacifica, 78 for mountain view. low 80s san jose and this is the beginning of a warming trend that will go through tuesday and the warmest temperatures near i 90 degrees for the hottest spots monday and tuesday. >> thank you. >> that it our report for this morning. for all of us here, thank you for trusting ktvu channel 2news. >> be sure to join us for the next newscast at 7:00 on the ufc on fox and we are always here at ktvu.com and mobile ktvu. thank you for joining us, have a fantastic saturday.
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